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Film, Video How Benjamin Franklin & Friends Brought the Enlightenment to America

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Title

  • How Benjamin Franklin & Friends Brought the Enlightenment to America

Summary

  • Jonathan Lyons speaks about his newest book, "The Society for Useful Knowledge: How Benjamin Franklin and Friends Brought the Enlightenment to America." Lyons' book tells the story of America's coming of age through its embrace of practical invention, applied science, and self-reliance. It offers fresh insights into such figures as Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Rush, and the inimitable, endlessly inventive Franklin, and provides a new perspective on the founding of America. Lyons illustrates how the movement for useful knowledge is key to understanding the flow of American society and culture from colonial times to the present day.

Names

  • Library of Congress
  • Library of Congress. Researcher and Reference Services Division, sponsoring body

Created / Published

  • Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 2013-06-13.

Headings

  • -  Biography, History
  • -  Culture, Performing Arts
  • -  Education
  • -  Literature
  • -  Culture, Folklife
  • -  Immigration, American Expansion

Notes

  • -  Classification: Bibliography, Library Science, Information Resources (General).
  • -  Classification: Education.
  • -  Classification: History: America.
  • -  Jonathan Lyons.
  • -  Recorded on 2013-06-13.
  • -  Librarians, Archivists.
  • -  Publishers.
  • -  Researchers.
  • -  Teachers.
  • -  Visitors.

Medium

  • 1 online resource

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Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021689145

Online Format

  • video
  • image
  • online text

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Chicago citation style:

Library Of Congress, and Sponsoring Body Library Of Congress. Researcher And Reference Services Division. How Benjamin Franklin & Friends Brought the Enlightenment to America. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -06-13, 2013. Video. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2021689145/.

APA citation style:

Library Of Congress & Library Of Congress. Researcher And Reference Services Division, S. B. (2013) How Benjamin Franklin & Friends Brought the Enlightenment to America. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -06-13. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2021689145/.

MLA citation style:

Library Of Congress, and Sponsoring Body Library Of Congress. Researcher And Reference Services Division. How Benjamin Franklin & Friends Brought the Enlightenment to America. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -06-13, 2013. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2021689145/>.